Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This year is the 21st anniversary of Durham Wildlife Trust and I am busy preparing for that .
2 As the right hon. Gentleman knows , I was Chief Secretary for two years and Chancellor for one year .
3 erm Mrs Margaret Thatcher was a one off erm she was Prime Minister for eleven
4 In addition , we are developing proposals for new pay and grading arrangements for EOs , HEOs and SEOs in the ES .
5 We 're pressing charges for grievous bodily harm . ’
6 Although they are good birds for many beginners , they cost about £700 , which makes them too expensive for all but the most dedicated .
7 In a shared tank the parents ' real problems begin when the fry are free-swimming , as they are easy prey for other fish .
8 They rarely go hungry , but they are easy prey for aquatic hunters , having little or no mobility with which to defend themselves .
9 They are wonderful news for all of us .
10 The training and professional experience of women accountants means that they are ideal candidates for such high level posts .
11 The two types of interview are by no means in opposition ; they are different tools for different tasks .
12 On the pitch they were easy targets for unscrupulous defenders and were frequently cautioned for retaliatory violence .
13 Congress , not so long ago we had Panorama and I T V , and I congratulate both of 'em , for highlighting to the world the problems of temporary and low paid part-time workers , where one agent went under cover and where Panorama highlighted that temporary working conditions , not of back-street sweatshops , not of the little corner shops down the road , or th or the little needlework factories , but of E M I , one of our biggest producers in this country , that they were employing labour for one year eleven months and twenty eight days and then sacking 'em .
14 They sat down at the table , and took out of their pockets packets of cigarettes , lighters and calculators , placing these objects carefully in front of them as if they were necessary equipment for some game they were about to play .
15 They were difficult times for all of them .
16 It had happened at a time when all I had to offer him was absolute misery for both of us .
17 It 's two it 's twelve quid for six .
18 Well if it 's six pounds for six people that 's thirty six pounds a night is n't it ?
19 It 's tremendous news for local growers .
20 IT 'S PANTS-cacking time for atheist scum 'cos soon God 's gon na kill everything and he knows whether you 've been good or not .
21 It 's great news for all Godzilla fans . ’
22 I think it 's I think it 's one voucher for fifteen litres .
23 Numbers — Although it 's good fun for three or more people to abseil down a rope at the same time , normally no more than two should be attached to the same descendeur .
24 It 's good stuff for bad breath actually !
25 Still , it 's good news for ordinary users who should see IBM being more attentive to their needs .
26 It 's bad luck for all them blokes in the other counties what never ‘ ad Sandham and the rest to ‘ elp ‘ em , ’ commented the Van Boy .
27 Now it 's ten P for twenty pounds in there !
28 It 's open season for broken feet : our own Jim Perrin and Pat Littlejohn to name but two .
29 At the time we took up the , the secretary took took up the matter and I got him to send us er a copy of the reply , and it , it appears that , as you know it 's all voluntary and , and it relies charity for individuals , but I noticed , I only got this from Ron yesterday , paragraph here says , where the community demonstrates it 's active support for such adventure , then there is an increase likelihood of the establish of a service , although it has to be said that there already exists a waiting list of communities eager to re receive P D S A support .
30 It 's a computer driven sound , shamelessly appropriating reggae , house , rap , African sounds , dub — you name it , it 's fair game for these cyberpunk magpies .
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